Maher Community helps to create largest ladoo

Leicester Maher Community has contributed greatly in making the largest “Ladwo” to celebrate the First ever Shree Ganesh Puran in the United Kingdom. The Shree Ganesh Puran will be recited at the Shree Hindu Temple and Community Centre – the first Hindu Temple in the UK.

To celebrate United Kingdom’s First Hindu Temple’s 42nd Anniversary the Board of Trustees and devotees of Leicester’s Shree Hindu Temple & Community Centre has organised United Kingdom’s first ever Ganesh Puran (Hindu Religious Scriptures texts eulogising the glory and significance of Lord Sri Ganesh) at the Temple at 34 St. Barnabas Road, Leicester, LES 4BD from Sunday 19th June to Sunday 26th June 2011.The Puran consisting of one hundred and thirty six pages, two sections – upasanakhanda or section on devotion and the kridakhanda or section on the divine play has two hundred and fifty sevenchapters.

The Ganesh Puran will be recited by Hindu Temple’s renowned young priest Shastri Shree Dilipbhai Joshi daily between 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm to 6:30pm. Shashtri has studied at the world famous Shree Sola Bhagavat Vidyapitha in Ahmedabad India and he has recited the Bhagwat Katha, Shiv Puran and Ganesh Puran (all scriptures) on many occasions. Lord Ganesh’s favourite food is CHURMA (modak) ladoos (Indian sweet). Consequently the highlight of the programme will be an attempt to create a new world record by making what we believe to be the world record breaking at least five hundred and one kilo grams of Chunna (modak) ladoo (Indian sweet) at the temple premises by the Temple’s own chef Mrs Bhanuben Durgai and Mrs Shital Trivedi.

This record breaking concept was the idea of Shastri Shree Dilipbhai Joshi, his idea was to generate the awareness for the Ganesh Puran and not just to create a record the sake of it. There is a real message in this special ladoo and hopefully everyone will get that special message!

It took 4 days to complete this single piece of largest Indian sweet in the world.

Main preparation began on Monday 13th June 2011 with gathering of all ingredients and cooking started at 3.30pm in the afternoon, lead by the head chefs – Bhanuben Durgai and Shitalben Trivedi, co-ordinated by Dilipbhai and helped by 20 other volunteers.

On 1st day a total of 221kilograms of flour, cooking oil and water were used. A majority of cooking were done on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Friday the 17th of June, was the day when all the ingredients and hard work of volunteers came together to form this largest piece of sweet ladoo.

The record breaking ladwo weighed 551kilograms and measure 1meter and 37cm in height (4ft 54inches) and had a width of 5feet in diameter at base and top is 6 inches. It took four days to make and involved around 25 volunteers.

Ingredients for this master piece are:
3 Different types of flours:- Wheat Flour, Semolina Flour and Gram Flour

Sunflower Oil, Ghee – which is purified butter and Gor for sweetness also contains cinnamon and herbs for flavouring.

First in terms of Weight , Second , the height, third the width and forth record is that – this is the largest single piece of Indian sweet to be distributed to thousands of devotees.

Mr Pratapbhai Khunti  & Family – (Swastik Traders and Millers) donated all the ingredients

Head Chefs